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CORN PLANTER AND DRILL COMBINED. No. 289,342. Patented Nov. 27, 18831 N. PETERS. Phblo-L'rlhagrapher. Wash nglom D.c.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. POLMER,

I v GORN PLANTER AND DRILL COMBINED.

No. 289,342. Patented Nov. 27, 1883.

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JOHN FOLMER, or QPOMEROY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO seeding-machines; and has for its object to pro- 2 a rear, elevation of my machine.

tail views of the feed or dropping roller, as

the beams D,

the name of The Roller-Feed Corn-Planter and Corn-Drill Combined, for planting, drillverted into a planter or drill, and in which the 1 readily disconnected and the hoes elevated out combination, and arrangement of the several 2o} claimed.

. wheels, B, is provided on the inner end of its hub with the gear-wheel B and for convenience of reference I will'call this wheel B the NiTEo STATES PATENT Urn-ICE.

JOHN

DAVIS, OF SAME PLACE.

CORN PLANTER ANjD DRILL COMBINED.

fiPEGiFIGATION forming part ,of Letters Patent No. 259,342,

dated November 27, 188?.

Application filed March 30, [883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN FOLMER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Pomeroy, Salisbury township, in the county of Meigs, in the State of Ohio, have invented a certain machine, new and useful, known by ing, covering, and furrowing at the same time, t of which the following is a speclfication.

My invention relates to improvements in vide a'machine which may be readily condropping and operating mechanism may be of the ground at will.

It consists, essentially, in the construction,

parts, as will be hereinafter described and readily set into or held clear In the drawings, Figurel is a side, and Fig.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal, and Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal, section of same on, respectively, lines A B and 2 3, Fig. 2; and Figs. 5 and 6 are dewill be described.

The framing of my machine is composed of the front bar, A, the side bars, A A, the intermediate bar, A, which, in the construction shown, is an extension of the tongue A, and the rear or axle bar, Ajwhich is provided on its. end with the spindles a a, on which the wheels B B are supported. One of these drive-wheel. Bars 0 O are supported by and depend from the under side of the bars A A and arranged, the one near the forward and the other near the rear ends of said bars, furnishing supports for, respectively, the hoebeams and the hoppers, which are pivotally are keyed on the shaft F,

be seen; but when connected thereto, in the manner hereinafter The hoes D D are made tubular, as shown, and are secured on the rear end of which beams are pivoted at their forward ends to the bars 0, as most clean ly shown in Figs. 1 and 4. secured to the rear of the hoes D, preferably by means of the flexible bar D". The two bearings D are connected together by a rod, d, which is connected with one end of the foot-lever (i which is pivotally supported at d on the, bar A, and has its opposite end constructed and arranged to be depressed by the foot, and in position to en gage the notches of rack-bar (2, supported on the framing, thesaid lever being so pivoted as to permit the slight lateral movement of its forward end necessary to allow of its adjustment into engagement with any desired notch of the rackbar (1*, stood. By this construction the hoes can be of the ground at any suitable point desired. The hopper E is composed of the receiver E, the cylindrical portion E and the delivery-spout E", the lat ter being provided with afiexible extension, E, which extends into the tubular hoe. A is projected forward from the delivery spout E and is pivoted at its forward end to the bar 0, whereby the hopper is supported on the framing by a pivotal bearing, 6, for the purposes presently described. The dropping-rollers F F are placed and revolve within the cylindrical portion E of the hopper, and which is provided at one end with the gear-Wheel F which is meshed with the gear B when the hopper is arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, so as to revolve the shaft F and feed-roller F, as will the hopper is tilted back by means of the mechanism hereinafter described, the gears are thrown out of mesh and the dropping action is discontinued. In order to move the feed-pinion of the hopper into and out of mesh with the drive-wheel, I connect the hopper by rod 6 with the forward lower side of the receptacle E. The rod extends forward and has its front end pivoted to the lever G. This lever is pivoted at its lower end to the bar A of the framing, and arranged to engage the rack-arch 9, also supported on the said bar, at any desired point in order to hold the drop ping mechanism in or out of gear with the 1 1 I A covciel, D, is 5 by a vertical rod, (1,

as will be readily under- '7 so that the lever may be secured drive-wheel, as will be readily understood. The dropping or feed roller F is provided in its periphery witha series'of depressions or pockets, f, of a suitable number to provide a drill action, preferably six, as shown, which receive the seed from the receptacle E, and as the roller revolves convey it to and deliver it into thedischarge-spout E, whence it is delivered to the ground. In order to convert the drill into a planter, I provide blocks f, fitted to the pocket f, and adapted to be ,removably secured therein by means of the screws f, or other suitable devices. By these blocks the alternate pockets, or a larger proportion thereof, may be closed, as will be understood, readily converting the machine into a planter in a manner permitting its easy reconversion at will.

The operation of my machine is simple, and willbe understood from the above description. ltwill be seen that the hoes D may be easily elevated or depressed and held in the desired position; also, that the dropping mechanism may be readily thrown into or out gear with the drive mechanism, and that the said adj ustment of hoes and hopper may be effected separately or together; The number of hoppers may be increased at pleasure, the duplication thereof requiring but immaterial alterations of the framing and connecting devices. The drivers seat H is supported on a suitable spring-bar, H, secured to the framing, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a seeding-machine, the combination of drive-shaft, the gear-wheel B keyed thereon, the hopper E, arranged in rear of said gearwheel, and pivoted to the framing at its lower end belowthe plane of the drive-gear, and having its feed-pinion arranged in rear of and in position to be drawn in mesh with the drive gear, the strap 0 having its rear end secured to the hopper above the feed-pinion, and its opposite end carried forward and connected to the operating-lever G, the lever G, and rack g, substantially as set forth.

2. In a seeding-machine, the combination, with the framing and the drive-shaft, having drive-gear B keyed thereon, of the hopper arranged in rear of said drive-gear, and provided with a feed-pinion arranged to mesh there'- with, the lug e, projected forward from the lower end of the hopper, and having its forward end pivoted to the framing at a point below the drive-shaft, the strap e", secured at its rear end to the forward side of hopper at apoint above its feed-pinion, and carried forward and connected to lever G, the lever G, and the rack g, substantially as specified.

JOHN FOLMER.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN M. DAVIS, PETER FOLMER. 

